Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-05
WAR In KANSAS.
TWO TOWNS fuRHED INTO ARMED
CAMPS wsrTIBG FOR ATTACK.
The Trouble Brought on BY q Drunksn
Spree which Resulted In mum
ber Of Deaths More Trouble
Anticipated.
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DENVER, Col, March A Wallace
Kan special to the Ne,os, dated yes
terday, says: The situation in the
Coronado-Leoti war remains I'M
changed. Both towns are surrounded
by Gordon Of armed men, who permit
No one to enter. The men in both
towns sleep with their guns, and after
admission the stranger finds q Win
chester at every turn. They stand
in doorways, and merchants carry
their guns while waiting ON custom
ers. Men patrol the streets all day and
night. The country surrounding is as
excited as the towns and about equally
divided. Coronado sympathizers are
for the most part in town, with their
ammunition and guns, and Coronado
man said to-day that within an hour 500
men could be recruited in the town
ready to defend it with their lives.
CRY FOR REVENGE.
At Leoti the cry is for revenge.
The citizens are as excited as they
were on the day following the
shooting, and they are unanimous
in their determination to sack
Coronado at the first opportunity.
This will probably be offered Thurs
day next, when the county election oc-
ours. Immediately after the shooting
Sunday some men from Leoti came to
Wallace and secured all the guns and
ammunition they could get, and repre-
sentatives from Coronado paid SINH
lar visit to Garden City, so that both
towns are well equipped with ammuni-
ton for the war, which every man be-
lieves will occur before the thing is set
tied. Since Sunday there have been no
hostile actions. Whiskey and beer are
freely imbibed, and these will be at the
bottom of further trouble, should there
be any. County-Sheriff John Edwards,
who is Leoti man, has not made an
attempt to arrest anybody, rs he knows
that such an effort would cost him his
life. He has twelve warrants, but I'M
lees the State authorities lend the as
sistance of couple of companies OF
militia they will never be served, and
even then the Coronado men say that a
man will never be taken alive.
THE PARTICULARS OF SUNDAYS ROW
show that whatever ill feeling may be
at the bottom OF it, it was brought on
by drunken spree of three Leoti men
named Coulter, Raynes, and Watkins,
who wound up a days carouse by
rousiDg out of bed druggist, who was
sick, and whom they compelled to
dance by shooting at his toes. The pro-
test of the druggist friends was resented
by Coulter's party, who began shooting
to kill. This brought upon them the
concentrated fire of the Coronado men,
and Coulter, Raynes, and Watkins
were riddled with bullets. Coulter
had, during his later hours, been re-
inforced by several friends, some OF
whom were hurt, and who inflicted
considerable damage ON the Coronado
party. -Four men are dead; three are
seriously, perhaps fatally, wounded,
and no account is taken of any hurt less
than total disability.
RENEWAL OF POSSIBILITIES.
A second occurrence yesterday has
increased the bitterness of feeling. 1t
appears that two Leoti men who were
not engaged in Sundays trouble left
their town and started for Coronado.
The outposts of Coronado observed
them and opened fire at once. One
man is said to have been shot in the
ann, and the others hat was riddled
with bullets. One of their horses was
killed. The men returned to Leoti
and told their story. Great ex-
citement followed, and party was
organized to visit Coronado, but re-
turned after reaching there. The re-
port is confirmed, and general fight
may occur there at any moment, al
though it is probable that both sides
may wait until Thursday next. 1t is
claimed that the trouble between the
two towns is ostensibly political quar-
rel over the merits of each for the loca-
ton of the county-seat, but it is really
the result of q cowboy raid, such as
frequently occurs in Wichita county.
II is reported that two companies OF
State troops will be sent to Wichita
county next week, to remain until the
election takes place.